FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 8, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed ATL by 6 at halftime and won 79–76.

Final
SAS104
CHA100
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +4
Final
MEM79
ATL76
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +3
Final
DEN109
DET126
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +17
Final
POR117
MIN110
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +7
Final
HOU101
MIL95
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +6
Final
GSW109
PHX122
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +13
Final
MIA89
UTA94
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +5
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2012–13Feb 8, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ MIN), 36 points.
The lead · MEM @ ATL

Memphis holds off Atlanta, 79–76

Memphis led 61–54 after three and held on to win by three. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-6+7+3MEM AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2710241879
ATL2914112276
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 15, 23, 18, 26, 23, 13, 25, 20MEM20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 15, 12, 4, 16, 8, 11, 22, 14MEM14 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 15, 20, 23, 12, 20, 7, 26, 20ATL20 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
DeMarre CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 17, 12, 15, 13, 19, 8, 22, 13ATL13 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ CHA

San Antonio handles Charlotte by 4

The Spurs won the fourth quarter 35–30. Final: 104–100. Patty Mills led San Antonio with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over ATL3SAS over CHA4UTA over MIA5HOU over MIL6POR over MIN7PHX over GSW13DET over DEN17Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg45.7Today

46 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Jennings leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 30, 28, 26, 20, 20, 26, 15, 26, 35DET vs DEN · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 15, 24, 30, 28, 25, 24, 23, 34PHX vs GSW · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 3, 7, 12, 15, 5, 23, 16, 32SAS @ CHA · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 13, 25, 16, 9, 12, 25, 23, 30DET vs DEN · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 33, 38, 23, 22, 44, 17, 34, 28GSW @ PHX · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 26, 11, 10, 23, 21, 26, 34, 27HOU @ MIL · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
D.J. AugustinCHI+7.4 18.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Al JeffersonCHA+6.6 26.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Blake GriffinLAC+6.0 29.9 last 10 · 23.9 season
Ryan KellyLAL+5.1 12.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Randy FoyeDEN+5.1 16.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordGSW−5.8 6.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jared DudleyLAC−4.1 3.7 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luol DengCLE−3.6 14.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Klay ThompsonGSW−3.5 15.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Glen DavisORL−3.2 9.5 last 10 · 12.7 season